Vitamins post op- how soon?

[foxcblue 21]

Hi All!

How soon after surgery did you start Vitamins again?

[RapidFirePickle 119]

Because I was on full liquids (protein shakes, etc) that afternoon, I was instructed to start Vitamins one week after surgery. It will depend on the doctor. I would have a supply of liquid/chewable vitamins available before your surgery date.

[Bryn910 519]

It really depends on your surgeon/program.

In my program, we started sublingual B12 & chewable Multivitamins immediately after surgery. 3 weeks after surgery when we began soft foods, we could resume our full Vitamin regimen

[sleevedinschool 44]

It definitely depends on your surgeon. Yesterday was one week post op, and they said I could start the chewable Multivitamin and not worry about any of the additional supplements for now.

[sammi123 116]

My surgeon asked me not to take any for two weeks but do take them up til surgery.

[sillykitty 10,776]

I was instructed to start taking mine immediately once home for the hospital.

[Sadiebug 206]

It really is program dependent so I would ask your surgeon/dietitian. I started all of them right away except for B12 - we were given that as the monthly injection in the hospital so we didn't start that until 1 month out. My program said to focus on the multi-vitamins first and then add in the rest as we could tolerate them. It probably took me 2 weeks to get into the full routine of Vitamins with the Calcium taking me the longest because I couldn't swallow the bigger pills and it took some time to find a chewable that I could tolerate.

[Matt Z 4,139]

I was instructed to start the day I went home.

[nomdeplume 36]

It’s true—it depends on your surgeon’s recommendation. For me, personally, I was allowed only chewable multivitamins (two of the Flintstones Complete chewable tablets for kids) and sublingual B-12 immediately following surgery. I had to wait a week before starting my other Vitamins.